The UCL Slade School of Fine Art (informally The Slade) is the

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(UCL) and is based in London, England. It has been ranked as the UK's top art and design educational institution. The school is organised as a department of UCL's Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

History

The school traces its roots back to 1868 when lawyer and philanthropist

Felix Slade Felix Joseph Slade (6 August 1788 – 29 March 1868) was an English lawyer and collector of glass, books and prints. A fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Society of Antiquaries (1866) and a philanthropist who endowed three Slade Pr ...

(1788–1868) bequeathed funds to establish three Chairs in

Fine Art In European academic traditions, fine art (or, fine arts) is made primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from popular art, decorative art or applied art, which also either serve some practical function (such as ...

, to be based at Oxford University, Cambridge University and

, where six studentships were endowed. Distinguished past teachers include

Henry Tonks Henry Tonks, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, FRCS (9 April 1862 – 8 January 1937) was a British surgeon and later draughtsman and painter of figure subjects, chiefly interiors, and a Caricature, caricaturist. He became an influentia ...

, Wilson Steer,

Randolph Schwabe Randolph Schwabe (9 May 1885 – 19 September 1948) was a British draughtsman, painter and etcher. He was the Slade Professor of Fine Art at University College London from 1930 until 1948. He served as a war artist in both World Wars, created d ...

William Coldstream Sir William Menzies Coldstream, CBE (28 February 1908 – 18 February 1987) was an English realist painter and a long-standing art teacher. Biography Coldstream was born at Belford, Northumberland, in northern England, the second son of co ...

Andrew Forge Andrew Murray Forge (10 November 1923, Hastingleigh, Kent – 4 September 2002, New Milford, Connecticut, United States) was an English painter, academic, and art critic. After Leighton Park School, Forge studied art at the Camberwell School of ...

Lucian Freud Lucian Michael Freud (; 8 December 1922 – 20 July 2011) was a British painter and draughtsman, specialising in figurative art, and is known as one of the foremost 20th-century English portraitists. His early career as a painter was inf ...

, John Hilliard,

Bruce McLean Bruce McLean (born 1944) is a Scottish sculptor, performance artist and painter. McLean was born in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1961 to 1963, and at Saint Martin's School of Art, London, from 1963 to 1966. At Saint Martin ...

, Alfred Gerrard and

Phyllida Barlow Dame Phyllida Barlow (4 April 1944 – 12 March 2023) was a British visual artist. She studied at Chelsea College of Art (1960–1963) and the Slade School of Art (1963–1966). She joined the staff of the Slade in the late 1960s and taught th ...

. Edward Allington was Professor of Fine Art and Head of Graduate Sculpture until his death in 2017. Two of its most important periods were immediately before, and immediately after, the turn of the twentieth century, described by Henry Tonks as its two 'crises of brilliance'. The first included the students

Augustus John Augustus Edwin John (4 January 1878 – 31 October 1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a time he was considered the most important artist at work in Britain: Virginia Woolf remarked that by 1908 the era of John Singer Sarg ...

William Orpen Major (United Kingdom), Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, (27 November 1878 – 29 September 1931) was an Irish artist who mainly worked in London. Orpen was a fine draughtsman and a popular, commercially successful painter of portrai ...

and Percy Wyndham Lewis; the second – which has been chronicled in

David Boyd Haycock David Boyd Haycock (born 1968 in Banbury, Oxfordshire) is a British writer, curator and lecturer. He read 'Modern History' at St John's College, Oxford, and has an MA in the History of Art from the University of Sussex and a PhD in History from B ...

's ''A Crisis of Brilliance: Five Young British Artists and the Great War'' – included the students

Dora Carrington Dora de Houghton Carrington (29 March 1893 – 11 March 1932), known generally as Carrington, was an English painter and decorative artist, remembered in part for her association with members of the Bloomsbury Group, especially the writer Lytt ...

, Mark Gertler, Paul Nash, C.R.W. Nevinson and

Stanley Spencer Sir Stanley Spencer, CBE Royal Academy of Arts, RA (30 June 1891 – 14 December 1959) was an English painter. Shortly after leaving the Slade School of Art, Spencer became well known for his paintings depicting Biblical scenes occurring as if ...

. Another notable period followed the Second World War, under the directorship of

, who brought in

to teach, and whose students included

Paula Rego Dame Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego (: 26 January 1935 – 8 June 2022) was a Portuguese visual artist, widely considered the pre-eminent woman artist of the late 20th and early 21st century, known particularly for her paintings and prints based o ...

, Michael Andrews and the filmmaker

Lorenza Mazzetti Lorenza Mazzetti (26 July 1927 – 4 January 2020) was an Italian film director, novelist, photographer and painter. Early life Mazzetti was born in Florence. Her mother, Olga Liberati, died shortly after giving birth to Lorenza and her twin ...

. Coldstream was responsible for the creation of th
Slade Film Department
the first in any British university, in 1960, with

Thorold Dickinson Thorold Barron Dickinson (16 November 1903 – 14 April 1984) was a British film director, screenwriter, film editor, film producer, and Britain's first university professor of film. Dickinson's work received much praise, with fellow direct ...

as chief lecturer. Filmmakers associated with the Slade Film Department include

Derek Jarman Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) was an English artist, film maker, costume designer, stage designer, writer, poet, gardener, and gay rights activist. Biography Jarman was born at the Royal Victoria Nursing ...

and Peter Whitehead.

Slade Centre for Electronic Media in Fine Art

The Slade Centre for Electronic Media in Fine Art (SCEMFA) was opened in 1995. The centre provides opportunities for research into

electronic media Electronic media are media that use electronics or electromechanical means for the audience to access the content. This is in contrast to static media (mainly print media), which today are most often created digitally, but do not require ele ...

and fine art with the goal of contributing to debate on national and international levels. The Slade had previously been home to Malcolm Hughes's Computer and Experimental Department in the 1970s. In 1997 SCEMFA presented ''Collision'', a public lecture series by artists, writers, and curators working with

interactivity Across the many fields concerned with interactivity, including information science, computer science, human-computer interaction, communication, and industrial design, there is little agreement over the meaning of the term "interactivity", but ...

telematics Telematics is an interdisciplinary field encompassing telecommunications, vehicular technologies (road transport, road safety, etc.), electrical engineering (sensors, instrumentation, wireless communications, etc.), and computer science (multimedia ...

, and digital works. This exhibition was followed by ''Spontaneous Reaction'', a week-long seminar funded by the Arts Council of England, which took a critical look at interactivity with participants from a variety of disciplines, including psychology, architecture, and

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

. Throughout 1998, SCEMFA collaborated with Channel 4 UK to organise ''Cached'', a monthly event held at the

Institute of Contemporary Arts The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is an modernism, artistic and cultural centre on The Mall (London), The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. Located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps a ...

, London. Funded by the Arts Council, this series investigated the conceptual and practical issues of producing art for the internet through a series of artists presentations.

Art collection

The Slade art collection was started when the yearly prizes awarded to top students was combined with a collection scheme in 1897 and the Summer Composition Prize and the Figure and Head Painting Prizes began to be kept by the school.More about the UCL Art museum
on the BBC Your Paintings website Works by students and staff of the Slade School of Fine Art form the basis of the UCL Art museum today.

Rankings

In a 2008 survey conducted by ''

The Sunday Times ''The Sunday Times'' is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of N ...

'' the Slade recorded perfect scores.

Teaching

The faculty currently offers the following programs: Undergraduate studies *3-year BFA in Fine Art *4-year BA in Fine Art Graduate studies *2-academic year (18 months) MFA in Fine Art *2-calendar (24 months) MA in Fine Art *1-term, 2-term, of 1-year Graduate Affiliate Study Research *MPhil or PhD in Fine Art

Notable alumni

::''Full list see :Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art'' * Elinor Proby Adams (1885–1945), painter *

Mary Adshead Mary Adshead (15 February 1904 - 3 September 1995) was an English painter, muralist, illustrator and designer. Biography Adshead was born in Bloomsbury, London,as the only child of Stanley Davenport Adshead, architect, watercolourist, and Profe ...

(1904–1995), mural painter, designer *

Anna Airy Anna Airy (6 June 1882 – 23 October 1964) was an English oil painter, pastel artist and etcher. She was one of the first women officially commissioned as a war artist and was recognised as one of the leading women artists of her generation. E ...

(1882–1964), artist * Rosemary Allan (1911–2008), painter * Kathleen Allen (1906–1983), painter * Edward Allington (1951–2017), sculptor * Michael Andrews (1928–1995), painter * Irene Aronson (born 1918), painter and printmaker * Sue Arrowsmith (1950–2014), photographic artist *

Ed Atkins Ed Atkins (born 1982) is a British contemporary artist best known for his video art and poetry. He is currently based in Cophenhagen. Atkins lectures at University of Fine Arts Hamburg, in past at Goldsmiths College in London and has been referr ...

(born 1982), artist * Ray Atkins (born 1937), painter * Joan Ayling (1907–1993), painter * Zainul Abedin (1914–1976), painter * Ethelwyn Baker (1899–1988), sculptor *

Phyllis Barron Mabel Phyllis Barron (19 March 1890 – 23 November 1964) was an English designer, known for her textile printing workshop with Dorothy Larcher. These textiles are ‘noted for the assurance and originality of the designs, their distinctive and ...

(1890–1964), textile designer * Alvaro Barrington (born 1983), artist *

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(1893–1959), painter * Amelia Bauerle (1873–1916), painter and illustrator *

Pauline Baynes Pauline Diana Baynes (9 September 1922 – 1 August 2008) was an English illustrator, author, and commercial artist. She contributed drawings and paintings to more than 200 books, mostly in the children's genre. She was the first illustrator ...

(1922–2008), illustrator * Tessa Beaver (1932–2018), painter and illustrator * Roy Beddington (1910–1995), painter, illustrator, and writer *

Elinor Bellingham-Smith Elinor Bellingham-Smith (28 December 1906 – 4 November 1988) was a British painter of landscapes and still life. Her paintings are in the collections of Tate, Museums Sheffield, the Government Art Collection, Arts Council Collection and other ...

(1906–1988), painter * Eleanor Best (1875–1957), painter * Zelma Blakely (1921–1978), illustrator *

David Bomberg David Garshen Bomberg (5 December 1890 – 19 August 1957) was a British painter, and one of the Whitechapel Boys. Bomberg was one of the most audacious of the exceptional generation of artists who studied at the Slade School of Art under Hen ...

(1890–1957), painter * Dorothy Elizabeth Bradford (1897–1986), painter * Phyllis Bray (1911–1991), painter and muralist *

Raymond Briggs Raymond Redvers Briggs (18 January 1934 – 9 August 2022) was an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author. Achieving critical and popular success among adults and children, he is best known in Britain for his 1978 story ...

(born 1934), illustrator, graphic novelist *

Cecily Brown Cecily Brown (born 1969) is a British painter. Her style displays the influence of a variety of contemporary painters, from Willem de Kooning, Francis BaconScott, Sue (2013). "Cecily Brown" in ''The Reckoning: Women Artists of the New Millennium ...

(born 1969), painter * Sheila Bownas (1925–2007), textile designer and botanical illustrator * Felicia Browne (1904–1936), painter and

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volunteer * Rodney Joseph Burn (1899–1984), painter * Dorothy Burroughes (1883–1963), illustrator * William Bustard (1894–1973), stained glass artist * Dorothy A. Cadman (fl. 1908–1927), painter * Martin John Callanan (born 1982), artist, current teaching staff * Gina Calleja (1928 – 2017), author and illustrator * Nancy Carline (1909–2004), artist * Sydney Carline (1888–1929), artist * Thomas Carr (1909–1999), artist * Ethel Carrick (1872–1951), painter *

(1893–1932), artist * Chien-Ying Chang (1913–2004), artist * Daphne Charlton (1909–1991), painter * Evan Charlton (1904–1984), painter *

G. K. Chesterton Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English author, philosopher, Christian apologist, journalist and magazine editor, and literary and art critic. Chesterton created the fictional priest-detective Father Brow ...

(1874–1936), writer * Evelyn Cheston (1875–1929), painter * Spartacus Chetwynd (born 1973), artist, Turner Prize nominee * Derek Chittock (1922–1986), portrait painter * Dora Clarke (1895–1989), sculptor * Edna Clarke Hall (1879–1979), painter * Dorothy Coke (1897–1979), painter *Sir

(1908–1987), painter *Professor Paul Coldwell (born 1952), artist * Ruth Collet (1909–2001), painter *

John Collier John Collier may refer to: Arts and entertainment * John Collier (caricaturist) (1708–1786), English caricaturist and satirical poet *John Payne Collier (1789–1883), English Shakespearian critic and forger *John Collier (painter) (1850–1934) ...

(1850–1934), artist * Marian Collier (1859–1887), painter * Susan Alexis Collins (born 1964), artist, current Slade Director & Professor * Ithell Colquhoun (1906–1988), painter and writer * William George Constable (1887–1976), art historian * Pat Gerrard Cooke (1935–2000), painter and illustrator * Teresa Copnall (1882–1972), painter * Frank Barrington Craig (1902–1951), painter and teacher *

Martin Creed Martin Creed (born 21 October 1968) is a British artist, composer and performer. He won the Turner Prize in 2001 for exhibitions during the preceding year, with the jury praising his audacity for exhibiting a single installation, ''Work No. 22 ...

(born 1968), artist * Dennis Creffield (1931–2018), painter * Barbara Crocker (1910–1995), artist, author * Claudia Cuesta, artist * Charles Cundall (1890–1971), painter * Nora Cundell (1889–1948), painter * Esmé Currey (1881–1973), painter, etcher *

Yitzhak Danziger Yitzhak Danziger (; 26 June 1916 – 11 July 1977) was an Israeli sculptor. He was one of the pioneer sculptors of the Canaanite Movement, and later joined the " Ofakim Hadashim" (New Horizons) group. Early life Danziger was born in Be ...

(1916–1977), sculptor *

Tacita Dean Tacita Charlotte Dean CBE, RA (born 1965) is a British visual artist who works primarily in film. She was a nominee for the Turner Prize in 1998, won the Hugo Boss Prize in 2006, and was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in 2008. She lives ...

(born 1965), * Alison Debenham (1903–1967) * Evelyn De Morgan (1885–1919) * Angela Delevingne * Brigid Derham (1943–1980), painter *

Anthony Devas Thomas Anthony Devas (8 January 1911 – 21 December 1958) was a British portrait painter who was associated with members of the Euston Road School. Early life Thomas Anthony Devas, known as Anthony, was born in Bromley in Kent, on 8 January ...

(1911–1958), portrait painter *Sir

William Dobell Sir William Dobell (24 September 189913 May 1970) was an Australian portrait and landscape artist of the 20th century. Dobell won the Archibald Prize, Australia's premier award for portrait artists on three occasions. The Dobell Prize is named ...

(1899–1970), portrait painter * Barbara Dorf (1933–2016), painter * Sholto Johnstone Douglas (1871–1958), artist * Jane Dowling (1925–2023), painter * William Dring (1904–1990), portrait painter * William Easton, artist * Ursula Edgcumbe (1900–1985), sculptor * Ibrahim El-Salahi (born 1930), painter *

Jake Elwes Jake Elwes () is a British media artist, Hacker_culture, hacker and researcher. Their practice is the exploration of artificial intelligence (AI), queer theory and technical biases. They are known for using AI to create art in mediums such as vi ...

(born 1993), artist * Florence Engelbach (1872–1951), painter * Grace English (1891–1956), painter *

Ben Enwonwu Odinigwe Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu MBE (14 July 1917 – 5 February 1994), better known as Ben Enwonwu, was a Nigerian painter and sculptor. Arguably the most influential African artist of the 20th century, his pioneering career opened th ...

(1921–1994), artist *

Jadé Fadojutimi Jadé Fadojutimi (born 1993) is a British painter. Fadojutimi lives and works in London, United Kingdom. Early life and education Fadojutimi was born in London, England, in 1993, and grew up in Ilford as the eldest of three daughters. Her fath ...

(born 1993), artist * Leila Faithfull (1896–1994), painter * Julia Farrer (born 1950), artist * Robert Fawcett (1903–1967), illustrator * Daphne Fedarb (1912–1992), painter * Paul Feiler (1918–2013), artist * Elsie Few (1909–1980), artist *Philip Firsov (born 1985), artist and sculptor * Myrta Fisher (1917–1999), painter * Mary Sargant Florence (1857–1954), painter * Caroline Sylvia Gabriel (1912–1997), artist * Clive Gardiner (1891–1960), artist, designer and illustrator *

Nicholas Garland Nicholas Withycombe Garland OBE (born 1 September 1935) is a British political cartoonist. known for his numerous newspaper works, particularly for ''The Daily Telegraph''. Early life Garland was born in Hampstead, London. His father was a ...

(born 1935), political cartoonist * Raimi Gbadamosi (born 1965), neo-conceptual artist * Alfred Gerrard (1899–1998), sculptor * Kaff Gerrard (1894–1970), painter and potter * Mark Gertler (1891–1939), artist * A.A. Gill (1954–2016), journalist * Colin Gill (1892–1940), painter * Elsie Gledstanes (1893–1972), painter * Dryden Goodwin (born 1971), artist, current teaching staff *

Douglas Gordon Douglas Gordon (born 20 September 1966) is a Scottish artist. He won the Turner Prize in 1996, the Premio 2000 at the 47th Venice Biennale in 1997 and the Hugo Boss Prize in 1998. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Work Much of Gordon's ...

(born 1966), artist *

Antony Gormley Sir Antony Mark David Gormley (born 30 August 1950) is a British sculptor. His works include the ''Angel of the North'', a public sculpture in Gateshead in the north of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998; ''Another Pl ...

(born 1950), sculptor * Harold Gosney (born 1937), artist and sculptor * Caroline Gotch (1854–1945), painter * Carmen Gracia (born 1935), printmaker *

Duncan Grant Duncan James Corrowr Grant (21 January 1885 – 8 May 1978) was a Scottish painter and designer of textiles, pottery, theatre sets, and costumes. He was a member of the Bloomsbury Group. His father was Bartle Grant, a "poverty-stricken" major ...

(1885–1978), painter and designer *

Eileen Gray Eileen Gray (born Kathleen Eileen Moray Smith; 9 August 187831 October 1976) was an Irish interior designer, furniture designer and architect who became a pioneer of the Modern architecture, Modern Movement in architecture. Over her career, s ...

(1898–1976), designer and architect * Barbara Greg (1900–1983), wood engraver * David Griffiths (portrait painter) (Born 1939), portrait painter * Gwenny Griffiths (1867–1953), portrait painter *

Oona Grimes Oona Grimes (born 1957) is a British artist and visiting lecturer. Biography Daughter of the 58th Academy Awards, Academy Award winning English production designer and art director, Stephen B. Grimes and granddaughter of cartoonist Leslie Grim ...

(born 1957), artist *

Vaughan Grylls Vaughan Grylls is a British artist, photographer, and author. Known for his fine art photography and sculptures, Grylls first received recognition for his 1960s pun-sculptures and, later, for his 1980s photography and panoramic photo collages. ...

(born 1943), artist *

Robin Guthrie Robin Andrew Guthrie (born 4 January 1962) is a Scottish musician, songwriter, composer, record producer and audio engineer, best known as the co-founder of the post punk alternative rock band Cocteau Twins. During his career Guthrie has ...

(1902–1971), painter * Kathleen Guthrie (1906–1981), painter * Edna Guy (1907–1982), marine artist * Richard Hamilton (1922–2011), painter and collage artist *

Archibald Standish Hartrick Archibald Standish Hartrick (7 August 1864 – 1 February 1950) was a Scottish painter known for the quality of his lithographic work. His works covered urban scenes, landscapes and figure painting and he was a founder member of the Senefelde ...

(1864–1950), artist and illustrator * Lucy Harwood (1893–1972), artist *

Mona Hatoum Mona Hatoum (; born 1952) is a Palestinians, British-Palestinian multimedia and installation artist who lives in London. Biography Mona Hatoum was born in 1952 in Beirut, Lebanon, to State of Palestine, Palestinian parents. Although born in Leba ...

(born 1952), artist * Mary Headlam(1873-1959), artist *

Francis Helps Francis William Helps (1890-1972) was a British artist who, besides a long career as an art teacher, served as the official artist to the 1924 British expedition to Everest. Biography Helps was born in Dulwich in London and, between 1903 and 19 ...

(1890–1972), artist * Elsie Henderson (1880–1967), painter and sculptor * Keith Henderson (1883–1982), artist and illustrator *

Nigel Henderson Admiral Sir Nigel Stuart Henderson, (1 August 1909 – 2 August 1993) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1968 to 1971. Naval career Henderson joined the Royal Navy in 1927.

(1917–1985), artist * Florence Lockwood (1861–1937), women's suffrage activist *

Lady Mary Lovelace Lady Mary Lovelace (1848-1941) was an artist, architect, and author as well as a member of the British nobility. Biography and career Born Mary Caroline Stuart-Wortley, she grew up in London in a small house in St. James Place with her parents, ...

(1848–1941), artist, architect and author *

Patrick Heron Patrick Heron (30 January 1920 – 20 March 1999) was a British abstract and figurative artist, critic, writer, and polemicist, who lived in Zennor, Cornwall. Heron was recognised as one of the leading painters of his generation. Influenced ...

(1920–1999), abstract painter * Cicely Hey (1896–1980), painter and sculptor * Ian Holbourn (1872–1935), artist, educator, laird of Foula, writer, and RMS ''Lusitania'' survivor * Ruth Hollingsworth (1880–1945), painter *

Annie Horniman Annie Elizabeth Fredericka HornimanHarding, John, Staging Life: The Story of the Manchester Playwrights (Greenwich Exchange 2018) https://greenex.co.uk/ CH (3 October 1860 – 6 August 1937) was an English theatre matron and manager. She establ ...

(1860–1937), theatre owner and manager * Nancy Horrocks (1900–1989), abstract artist * Ray Howard-Jones (1903–1996), artist * Edgar Hubert (1906–1985), painter * Georgina Hunt (1922–2012), abstract artist * Sidney Hunt (1896–1940), artist and designer * Paul Huson (born 1942), writer and designer * George Percy Jacomb-Hood (1857–1929), artist * Darsie Japp (1883–1973), artist *

(1942–1994), artist and filmmaker *

(1878–1961), artist *

Gwen John Gwendolen ''Gwen'' Mary John (22 June 1876 – 18 September 1939) was a Welsh people, Welsh artist who worked in France for most of her career. Her paintings, mainly portraits of anonymous female sitters, are rendered in a range of closely relat ...

(1876–1939), artist *

Vivien John Vivien John (8 March 1915 – 20 May 1994) was a British painter. Biography Vivien John was born at Alderney Manor in Dorset, the daughter of Dorelia McNeill and the artist Augustus John; she was the youngest of their four children together. A ...

(1915–1994), artist * Arnrid Johnston (1895–1972), sculptor, illustrator * Alfred Garth Jones (1872–1955), illustrator *

Karin Jonzen Karin Margareta Jonzen, née Löwenadler, (22 December 1914 – 29 January 1998) was a British figure sculptor whose works, in bronze, terracotta and stone, were commissioned by a number of public bodies in Britain and abroad. Biography Karin L ...

(1914–1998), sculptor * Gerry Judah (born 1951), artist and designer * Menashe Kadishman (1932–2015), Israeli sculptor and painter *

Helen Kapp Helen Babette Kapp (17 December 1901 – 13 October 1978) was a British artist. Originally a painter and illustrator, Kapp became a curator and gallery director of some influence. Biography Kapp was born in Hampstead in London into an artistic, ...

(1901–1978), artist and curator * Dorothy King (1907–1990), painter and curator * Eve Kirk (1900–1969), painter * Myfanwy Kitchin (1917–2002), painter, ceramicist * Robert Koenig (born 1951), sculptor * Clara Klinghoffer (1900–1970), artist * Paul Kneale (born 1986), artist *

Winifred Knights Winifred Margaret Knights (5 June 1899 – 7 February 1947) was a British painter. Amongst her most notable works are ''The Marriage at Cana'' produced for the British School at Rome, which is now in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa a ...

(1899–1947), painter * Kanayi Kunhiraman (born 1937), sculptor *Sir

Osbert Lancaster Sir Osbert Lancaster (4 August 1908 – 27 July 1986) was an English cartoonist, architectural historian, stage designer and author. He was known for his cartoons in the British press, and for his lifelong work to inform the general publi ...

(1908–1986), cartoonist * Olga Lehmann (1912–2001), painter, illustrator and designer * Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot (1886–1911), painter *

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(born 1949), artist *

Bernard Leach Bernard Howell Leach (5 January 1887 – 6 May 1979) was a British studio potter and art teacher. He is regarded as the "Father of British studio pottery". Biography Early years (Japan) Leach was born in Hong Kong. His mother Eleanor (n� ...

(1887–1879), ceramic artist, "Father of British studio pottery" * Lilian Lancaster (1888–1973), artist and teacher * Edith Lawrence (1890–1973), artist * Kim Lim (1937–1997), sculptor * Zhi Lin, artist * Henrietta Lister (1895–1959), race driver and watercolourist * Nicholas Logsdail (born 1945), art dealer * John Long (1964–2016), painter and teacher * Lowes Dalbiac Luard (1872–1944), painter * John Luke (1906–1975), painter and sculptor *

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(born 1968), artist and filmmaker * Sine MacKinnon (1901–1996), painter * Nicolette Macnamara (1911–1987), artist and author * John Mansbridge (1901–1981), painter and World War II official war artist *

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(1868–1927), artist, revolutionary nationalist, suffragette, socialist * Ellis Martin (1881–1977), map cover illustrator for

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* John Mascaro (born 1970), artist *

Moina Mathers Moina Mathers, born Mina Bergson (28 February 1865 – 25 July 1928), was an artist and occultist at the turn of the 20th century. She was the sister of French philosopher Henri Bergson, the first man of Jewish descent to be awarded the Nobel Pri ...

(1865–1928), artist and occultist * Mary McEvoy (1870–1941), painter * Dorothy Mead (1928–1975), painter * Robert Medley (1905–1994), painter and designer * Elizabeth Merriman (born 1963), painter *

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(1904–1978), stage designer *

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(1923–2013), artist and illustrator * Mother Maribel of Wantage (1887–1970), artist and sculptor *

Daniel Mulloy Daniel Mulloy (born 1977) is a British artist and filmmaker. Short films The work of Daniel Mulloy has often been defined by both its starkness and deceptive simplicity. Mulloy's short films have won over one hundred international festival awa ...

(born 1977), film writer and director * Donia Nachshen (1903–1987), illustrator * Paul Nash (1889–1946), painter * Gemma Nelson (born 1984), painter * C.R.W. Nevinson (1889–1946), artist * Bertha Newcombe (1857–1947), artist and illustrator *

Ben Nicholson Benjamin Lauder Nicholson, OM (10 April 1894 – 6 February 1982) was an English painter of abstract compositions (sometimes in low relief), landscapes, and still-life. He was one of the leading promoters of abstract art in England. Backg ...

(1894–1982), abstract painter * Philip Norman (1842–1931), artist and antiquarian *

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In fiction

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in '' Life Class'' and '' Toby's Room'' *

Gilbert Cannan Gilbert Eric Cannan (25 June 1884 – 30 June 1955) was a British novelist and dramatist. Early life Born in Manchester of Scottish descent, he got on badly with his family, and in 1897 he was sent to live in Oxford with the economist Edwin C ...

in ''Mendel'' *Frances Cary in '' Third Girl'' *Barbary Deniston in '' The World My Wilderness'' *Miranda Grey in ''

The Collector ''The Collector'' is a 1963 thriller novel by English author John Fowles, in his literary debut. Its plot follows a lonely young man who kidnaps a female art student in London and holds her captive in the cellar of his rural farmhouse. Divided ...

'' * Imogen Hollins in ''

Doctors Doctor, Doctors, The Doctor or The Doctors may refer to: Titles and occupations * Physician, a medical practitioner * Doctor (title), an academic title for the holder of a doctoral-level degree ** Doctorate ** List of doctoral degrees awarded b ...

'' * Molly MacDonald in '' Monarch of the Glen'' *David Thompson in '' Beyond This Horizon''

References

External links

Slade Knowledge Base - extensive collection of studio teaching materials available online under Creative CommonsSlade Centre for Electronic Media in Fine ArtSlade Centre for Electronic Media in Fine Art Timeline of key events
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